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After all my hard work, soldering iron burns, panic moments, unforeseen delays, and small victories, my smart watch finally exists: With the case and new OLED display just in, I was able to remove the screen used for testing and

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Hello! I’m making great progress on my Smart Watch v6.0 and am documenting the process and updating my progress over on Hackaday.io as an entry into the esteemed Hackaday Prize competition! As the competition focuses on the evolution of a design,

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The time has come for me to combine all the knowledge I’ve gained through my watch prototypes and create the ultimate watch. The Walltech Smart watch. I’ve started on the design, and the PCB is almost complete, and it’s set to

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To test v5.0’s adaptive brightness using its little photocell, I hooked up the neopixel ring to my arduino’s 3.3v, GND, and D6 pins, with the photocell connected as per this schematic: The neopixel ring and the photocell were both connected

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Before I order pcbs for v5.0 and begin assembly (!) I wanted to test the capacitive touch sensing circuit to verify the resistor value needed and to plain see if it would work at all. I wizzed down to Radioshack

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After an afternoon of tidying up and winding blasted ICSP pins all over the place (so. annoying.) I’ve ended up with a masterpiece! It’s so tight and the “tiny city” aspect is awesome :). I’m super proud of this design,

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The first v2.1 watches I made 3 years ago worked perfectly for a time, but then, after I thought the batteries were dying (way before predicted), they would start glitching through the led animations and then dimly strobe random LEDs

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It’s coming together! It looks really cool and I’ve decided to go with the Atmel Atmgea32u4 as the microcontroller. The onboard usb converter was a must, and its arduino compatibility and hand-solderable size make it perfect for this project! All

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Hello! I’ve had an idea for a watch recently incorporating Adafruit’s relatively new 12 neopixel ring! I’ve known I wanted to use one in a watch since I saw them, and now I’ve got a plan. In the center